Buying a home costs less than in most towns (A−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health is a strength: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 21% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for jobs & income and B− for walkability. Homes change hands at a median €1,881/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Les Montils has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Les Montils with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A−
Les Montils loses fewer people than its age profile suggests, 79 per 100 expected, below Loir-et-Cher’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 127 residents of Les Montils died, against 161 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 21% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Les Montils is Centre hospitalier, 7 mi away. Women in Loir-et-Cher live to 85.2 on average and men to 80.5 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 3 GPs practise locally.
−21%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw79
Adjusted79
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Les Montils · 2.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier
7.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier
85.2 · 80.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Loir-et-Cher, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Les Montils keeps more of its old housing than Loir-et-Cher’s towns or compared French towns: 17% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Les Montils has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé). The oldest protected building goes back to the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Children make up 18% of Les Montils, above Loir-et-Cher’s towns and compared French towns
22% of residents are 65 or over. The 15-to-24 age group: 10%, higher than Loir-et-Cher’s towns (8.9%) and near compared French towns (11%). Graduates make up 31% of adults.
44.9median age
Les MontilsLoir-et-Cher medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
10%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education31%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loir-et-Cher 52.4%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Loir-et-Cher median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Fewer people in Les Montils are out of work than in Loir-et-Cher’s towns or across compared French towns: 6.4%
At the census, 6.2% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Loir-et-Cher’s towns (10.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Jobs based in Les Montils number 200, against 900 residents in work (0.2 per worker). The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €27,330 a year per consumption unit.
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving91%
Public transport2%
On foot2%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
200
jobs based in Les Montils, 0.2 per working resident
6.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,330
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
1%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 48% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Les Montils
Is Les Montils safe?
Les Montils has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.8 recorded violent incidents and 4.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Les Montils expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Les Montils grades A− for cost of living.
About Les Montils
Commune in Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire
Les Montils is a commune of 1,945 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Blois «Agglopolys». TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.
